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Are Freddies Gerhards still in (out the box) condition, or have they been in the hands of PJR or another tuner...

Ahhh, a bit like the Pools Panel, if it's only for the home team, then call it the: POOLES PANEL!! I'll get my coat..

He means P(OO)L(E)....!!***

Wondering if anyone of any stature as a rider could find some concrete and do a couple of practice starts off it? Got to be some at the New Belle Vue track....? I personally think riders would fit some sort of brush head to the right foot to sweep any dirt off the gate? Cleaning instead of gardening!! Perhaps fit a little cleaners basket to the handlebars, more sponsors real estate!! It could have a mini dustpan and brush, an air duster pehaps? And they'd then want to "rubber" it in with wheel spinning, it would end up being just as bad!!!!!

Double up/down/sideways, is not the way to go, two riders get injured on Monday riding for the Slough Stealers, cum Wednesday, Rob Smith and Daley Jones, the high flying heat leaders for Frolesworth Flyers aren't there!! Got injured riding for their "other clubs" on the Monday, and the Flyers have to have two guests!!! End of......

The advent of colour tv, colour photographs, that's what killed speedway!

Can someone post a link to the best version of Kodi for a Windows 7 laptop, for mainly speedway stuff..? Thanks In Advance, the web seems to be swimming with different versions!!

Where was his crash, any footage knocking about?

Also, don't forget their spokesperson (Tai) says that elite league tracks (not all of them) need improving!! Not 100% which ones, and what improvements, it may be some need widening, but we don't know which...

If this move had been allowed to go through, it would have opened the floodgates for more of the same, it should not be allowed.. Double uppers/downers are bad for speedway, it is responsible for more guest riders, and if a double upper/downer gets injured, two teams are then missing a rider!!

I will be updating this forecast tomorrow afternoon (Sunday 8th May) around 4pm.. At the moment, the only significant change is the likelyhood of thunderstorms has lessened as the charts seem to indicate that any storms initiated, will track North but from a more westerly point, therefore, missing the Leicester area completely!!

If Craig Cook wanted more track time, to bolster his earnings, why on earth choose a track that has the same race night as his other club?? He can only ride in one place at a time, so that defeats the point of the whole exercise???

Also, it would be a snide way of getting good guests when he's on Belle Vue duty!!!

Double up / double down / double down, down. All are inherently bad for speedway in the UK. It removes loyalty, team togetherness, team/fan identity.. This is one of the many reasons speedway is in decline...

Realistically, should Elite League Heat Leaders be allowed to ride in the lower league? Yes? No? Don't know? I personally think they shouldn't be allowed to ride in the lower league. No matter what nationality.

Weather forecast for Monday - Leicester.. Difficult forecast, lots of convective activity from today through to at least Wednesday next week with a weak plume advecting warm, moist unstable air from the continent and up into the UK.. It looks like the south west will be the first area to go nuts, maybe as early as overnight tonight with elevated thunderstorms hopping over the channel and triggering home grown storms, these will gradually move north into Saturday (central England, west Midlands, possibly east Anglia) as we move into Sunday. Some heavy rain, will accompany thunderstorms, but, and its quite a large but, not everywhere will see them.. Monday should be mostly dry, warm and humid, maxing out around 22c/24c. Again isolated thunderstorms are likely to break out during late morning and again heavy rain where these storms do break out. These Monday storms will be fewer and further between than Sat/Sun and will clear the Midlands in the early afternoon, so there should be NO issues weatherwise, once we get past 1pm/2pm Monday. Monday evening should be dry, warm but a little less humid, temps around 18c to 20c. I will update this forecast on Sunday afternoon.. C'mon the Lions, we can beat these pesky Pirates!!!!

Exactly IronScorpion.... When Leicester were PL, we turned up at Scunny on a Friday night, it lobbed it down and the turns were 6 inches deep in water!! No chance given, but they sucked the water off the bends, graded and we started.!! This would only have happened at maybe 1 or 2 other UK tracks, Leicester Kings Lynn, mostly EL riders don't want the colours to run in there kevlars!!!!!

By staying away, you're making it easier for the place to close, without looking for a new site, showing it has lack of support is not the way to go.... It's better to protest when you are there (Brandon) in numbers, passion in numbers (big numbers) is the way forward.... For instance, how about every home supporter in the stadium turns their backs on a race or two... Stuff like that, petitions, banners etc. By just not going, you make it so much easier for the place to be closed, or promoters to not invest in replacement riders, extra shale, not paint the kerb, shoddy track prep, you are playing right into the developers hands etc......

Sorry starman, not a pop at you either!! Got quote wrong, huge fingers/all thumb!!

This thread has wandered off topic already!! It's meant to be about Craig Cook doubling down now with Peterboro'! Not a list of riders who don't want UK Elite League!!!

There's no excuse for having "sink holes" or "moto-x" jumps anywhere on an Elite League track....

This topic was not, I repeat not me having a pop at Craig Cook, just a topic that deserves a good debate...

I understand that he has lost £££££'s with no home fixtures at Belle Vue, and needs to recoup lost earnings, but, is it right? But is dropping down into the 2nd tier of UK speedway to make up lost earnings the right way to go? And is it legal? I thought there was a rule introduced that was supposed to block this sort of move? Would it not have been the pertinent to try and get rides in Sweden or Denmark? Dropping down to the PL is not going to benefit his skill set, he's to strong for the PL, it's like teenager who has left school and gone to college, but still visits his old school to pillage the kids dinner money!! Thought there was a 2 year maximum stay in the PL when you are also riding Elite League.....? Your feelings on this subject good people of the British Speedway Forum....

Could Eddie Kennett be loaned out to another EL team whilst he isn't getting any rides at Lakeside??

Cherubs???